Occupy the Tundra photo cuts a trail across the Internet - Anchorage Daily News

[Blue_In_AK]

http://www.adn.com/2011/10/18/2126645/occupy-the-tundra-photo-cuts-a.html

When Alaskan Diane McEachern heard about the Occupy Wall Street protests, she thought, "How can I get in on that?"

Soon after, she marched onto the tundra near her home, in Bethel, where she was pictured with a homemade cardboard sign bearing her protest message: "Occupy the Tundra."

Little did McEachern, 52, know then that her effort -- and the photo of herself bundled up against the cold and holding her sign, with her three rescue dogs by her side -- would become one of the more famous images of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement.

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McEachern is an assistant professor in the rural human services program at the University of Alaska's Kuskokwim campus and a Bethel resident of 14 years. She's seen tough times on the tundra become tougher, especially now when gas prices are more than $6.30 a gallon and jobs are scarce, she said.

Her one-person protest is catching on. Someone approached her at work Monday and offered to join her on the tundra this weekend. She said there's a message in that, too.

"'Diane is not alone out there.' I like that," she said.

Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/10/18/2126645/occupy-the-tundra-photo-cuts-a.html#ixzz1bD2NGlhW

[Rhiannon12866]

1. K&R! Good for her and what a terrific photo!

Love the dogs too... :loveya: :thumbsup:

[canetoad]

2. Gentle humour, crazy-eyed dogs

what's NOT to like.

[malaise]

3. Lovely

Rec

[aquart]

4. Love it.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Love the Occupy dogs!!

[aponi]

6. very cool

[Blue_In_AK]

7. Morning kick

because I posted this late last night and I want to make sure it's seen. :)